Chapter 1 Operations and productivity 1. Why should one study operations management? We study OM for four reasons. We study how people organize themselves for productive enterprise. We study OM because we want to know how goods and services are produced. We study OM to understand what operations managers do. We study OM because it is such a costly part of an organization. Productivity can be measured in a variety of ways‚ such as by labor‚ capital‚ energy‚ material usage‚ and so on. At Modern
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Leading Asia-Pacific carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) is caught between a rock and a hard place‚ much like any other airline in this prolonged global recession. Positioned as a premium global brand‚ SIA is struggling in 2009 to offset a decline in demand in the commercial sector. This‚ coupled with losses from hedging fuel‚ higher unit costs‚ and taking delivery of five Airbus 380s by January 2010 or risk paying heavy penalties for delay‚ the airline‚ which flies to about 35 countries‚ must rely
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Operational Methods and Strategies for Finexasia.com Sdn. Bhd. Table of Contents Executive Summary3 1.0 Introduction4 1.1 Company Background5 - 6 2.0 Target Market7 3.0 Operations Objectives & strategies8 - 10 Finexasia Operations Strategies10 - 12 4.0 Integration & Problems of Operations Objectives13 5.0 Recommendation & Conclusion14 References15 Executive summary The purpose of this report is to analyze the operations objectives and strategies in Finexasia.com Sdn
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Question 1 DEFINE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND DISCUSS ITS ESSENTIAL FEATURES AND THE IMPORTANCE/BENEFITS OF OPERATION PRIORITIES Introduction: Every organization is in business because it has products‚ services and in some cases a combination of the two (i.e. product and service)‚ that it offers customers as a solution to a particular need or want they have. This implies that‚ the very core business of every organization is to get these products and services readily available to customers‚ through
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT So What Is Operations Management? So What Is Operations Management? So What Is Operations Management? • Managing and directing activities of all forms is crucial in organizations • Accomplished by designing efficient and productive processes‚ and by effectively allocating resources What Makes a Successful Operations Manager ? Success Factors · · · · · · · · Quantitative proficiency The ability to identify and control risk Strong organizational
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Psychologist Abraham Maslow first introduced his concept of a hierarchy of needs in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" and his subsequent book Motivation and Personality. This hierarchy suggests that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before moving on to other‚ more advanced needs. This hierarcy is most often displayed as a pyramid. The lowest levels of the pyramid are made up of the most basic needs‚ while the more complex needs are located at the top of the pyramid. Needs
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The Encyclopedia of Operations Management Terms by Professor Arthur V. Hill Curtis L. Carlson School of Management 321-19th Avenue South University of Minnesota Minneapolis‚ MN 55455-0413 USA ahill@umn.edu Revised July 20‚ 2003 P O M S Production Operations Management Society The electronic version of this encyclopedia is distributed free of charge by the Production Operations Management Society (POMS) under the conditions that (1) you send corrections and additions to ahill@umn.edu
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Introduction to Operations Management Learning Objectives * Define the term operations management * Identify the three major functional areas of organizations and describe how they interrelate * Compare and contrast service and manufacturing operations * Describe the operations function and the nature of the operations manager’s job * Differentiate between design and operation of production systems * Describe the key aspects of operations management
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Association. The American airline industry lost $1.5 billion in the first three months of the year 2008. For those low-cost carriers‚ they introduce stealth increases to airfares by adding ancillary charges for services such as checking baggage or airport check-in. On the other hand‚ legacy carriers with full-service promised choose to add “fuel surcharges” to tickets instead. However‚ both tactics have a natural limit and airlines will have to consider other strategies to deal with rising costs
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| BX2062 Operations Management | Literature Review | “Too much theory‚ not enough understanding”Veronika12665417 | | | Bachelor Of BusinessSP53 2012 James Cook University Singapore | Article Overview The article was written by Roger W. Schemmer in early 2009. Basically‚ the article is addressing about the usage of theory in operations management. As mentioned in the article‚ theories used in the journal article‚ as science defines it‚ is not at the center of much of the research
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